Duke Nukem Forever/Development History: Difference between revisions

* [[The Ace]]: The promo art for the game depicts Duke as an astronaut, MMA champion, and a recipient of some kind of an award. Also on a snowy mountain with a sign that says "'''HAIL TO THE KING EVEREST'''". He also fishes for [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|sharks.]] With his ''[[Up to Eleven|bare hands.]]''

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: In the 2011 trailer:

'''Duke:''' ''Dammit. Why do they always take the hot ones?'' }}

* [[Bowdlerised]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig-zagged]], in a sudden cross-over with [[No Export for You]], the Russian release of the game not only features [[Broken Base]]-inciting voice actor casting for Duke, it also went through the pains of translating all the swearing... and then bleeping it out. And there's no way to un-bleep it. And locking out the usual Steam ability to change a game's language. And retaining the game's 18+ rating because nothing else was censored!

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Even the game's [http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=109904 announcement press release] calls the release "shocking" and claims, "[[Cue the Flying Pigs|Seriously, flying pigs spotted heading towards Penny Arcade Expo!]]"

** The trailer has a pretty nice one, after Duke uses a pig cop's rough hide to light a cigar:

* [[Preview Piggybacking]]: Owners of the ''[[Borderlands]]'' [[Updated Rerelease|Game of the Year Edition]], another Gearbox game, could sign up for the ''Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club'' to be among the first to play the public demo version of ''Duke Nukem Forever''. Members of said club also get the first DLC, the "Hail to the Icons" pack, for free.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: The ESRB classification for this game is "M for Mature", and has the entire rating box filled out. And then there's [http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=30650 the description].